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Which AMG three piece wheel is this?

I bought this AMG three piece wheel some years ago as a spare for my
500SEC. When it arrived from Germany I discovered that the offset wasn't the usual 17, but 5. Does anyone know which car this 10x17 et5 wheel was built for?

Re: Which AMG three piece wheel is this?

The 17 x 10 ET5 was made for the C126 widebody to retain the 10inch width rear rim - but push the rim outwards by 12mm due to the flared panels
That offset is extremely rare these days to find as there were limited numbers made.
The only time i have ever seen them come up for sale (always as a pair) is in Japan and they always went for top $ unless they were stuffed.

The solution these days for the widebody which has more appeal is to use a 17 x 10 et17 standard rear and swap in wider lips from 3inch to either 4" or 4.5" or 5" to create more depth in the lip.
That is exactly what i have done with mine and have created for the rear 17 x 11" with 4inch lip and on the front swapped in wider lips to create 17 x 9.5"

Note back in the day AMG also used standard spec rims and just created their own AMG branded spacers for both front & rear (as per the pic below)

As to selling one rim now it would still command top dollar as a spare for existing AMG WB owners wearing these rims
I sell a standard split width set 17x 8.5" et18 front / 17 x 8.5" ET17 rear for AUD$3,000 but sellers in Europe list them in Euro for a lot more than that.

Re: Which AMG three piece wheel is this?

Not easy as for the price of one single widebody wheel.
for instance you have this onehttp://www.ebay.de/itm/Orig-Mercedes...0AAOSwbYZXdssS
Which i would say has a fair pricing. This amg penta is the front wheel of the w126 widebody.
The owner is trying to sell it in the last 2 (or 3) month on ebay, still for sale.

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Re: Which AMG three piece wheel is this?

HOFF and mercepor, thank you very much for your inputs. Some additional info about the wheel: It doesn't look like there has been a tyre mounted on it at all. The only blemish I can see is some light corrosion on the outer lip probably caused by inproper storage over the years. From what I know the outer lip is made from untreated aluminium. The production year of the wheel is -88. Based on the gathered information I was thinking of a price in the US$500-600 region for the wheel. What do you guys think of that? I do realize that the market is limited, but then again the wheel is pretty rare.